New R3 Beta Client Available - build 517403

[.TuG.Beaver]

Yay, a new beta R3 client has been released this morning and is available by the updater.

 

Details of the changelog are below:

 

This update is about performance and stability again. We are not doing any changes to the game's datafiles.

• Reduced input "lag"
  On machines where the CPU would out-run the GPU, sometimes the GPU would queue up several frames' worth of rendering commands.
  This could lead to the game having a high framerate, but input still feeling very sluggish.

Now there's a limiter on how many frames the CPU is allowed to be "ahead" of the GPU.

Control this setting via Settings.ini. Default setting: RenderAheadLimit=2

 

• Performance optimizations with biggest improvements on dual-core machines
• Fixed black "masks"
  • The soot on buildings with holes in them had a bugged renderpath. We switched that over to a more well-tested renderpath.

  [*]Improved hit-detection

  • We've gone through the hit detection logic, and client+server will now give more consistent results.

  [*]Fix for some "rubberbanding" issues

  • C4 should stay attached to vehicles and not rubberband around

  [*]Reduced spikes/dips in framerate[*]Various fixes for alt+tab related CTD on Dx9[*]More fixes for random CTD on Dx9[*]Fix for crash when you're in a vehicle that gets destroyed

There was a race condition in the code;

System 1 thought "oh hey, you're leaving vehicle X"

System 2 thought "the vehicle got destroyed, let's remove it"

 

If system 2 ran before system 1, chaos would ensue.

This was actually fixed in the retail version since a month, but it was only when we got detailed crash reports from the community that we understood *why* the Beta was crashing.

Likely bugs in this build

I wouldn't be surprised if it (still) has trouble remembering your settings between rounds. It would be nice to have that fixed too, but it's better to get a patch out now, and look at the settings issues afterward.

 

-Mikael Kalms

[.TuG.-Breaker]

so far so good, i'm gonna test it tomorrow

 

im sorry Bully, i can't make it tonight!